Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 33 71   12 6 0 37 17   9 2 4 24 14
2 Bristol City 35 62   12 1 4 43 15   7 4 7 31 33
3 Grimsby Town 34 62   13 2 2 32 13   6 3 8 20 31
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 34 59   11 7 0 34 12   4 7 5 22 23
5 Peterborough United 33 56   10 0 6 45 32   7 5 5 32 33
6 Reading 33 56   10 4 2 33 16   7 1 9 26 36
7 Queens Park Rangers 32 52   10 2 4 47 23   5 5 6 28 32
8 Watford 35 52   10 7 1 35 19   4 3 10 21 36
9 Northampton Town 34 50   8 4 5 38 18   6 4 7 27 25
10 Crystal Palace 34 50   8 4 5 44 33   6 4 7 28 28
11 Coventry City 32 45   9 5 2 32 18   3 4 9 17 32
12 Notts. County 31 43   10 4 2 35 18   2 3 10 16 35
13 30 43   10 3 2 32 16   3 1 11 21 40
14 Port Vale 31 40   8 3 5 26 16   3 4 8 16 25
15 Hull City 32 40   9 2 6 26 17   2 5 8 16 24
16 32 40   6 8 2 34 19   3 5 8 21 36
17 Southend United 35 40   8 5 5 26 21   1 8 8 18 31
18 Halifax Town 28 39   8 3 3 24 17   3 3 8 20 30
19 Shrewsbury Town 34 36   5 5 6 35 31   4 4 10 20 36
20 Barnsley 32 36   5 5 6 33 32   4 4 8 23 36
21 34 34   6 2 9 37 38   4 2 11 20 44
22 Lincoln City 33 33   3 7 6 20 26   4 5 8 23 32
23 Brentford 33 32   8 2 6 22 19   1 3 13 13 49
24 Newport County 32 16   3 1 10 19 30   1 3 14 13 48